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Wars involving Australia
- Iraq WarOn the 12th of September 2002, President George W. Bush stood before the United Nations General Assembly in New York City and declared Iraq a member of the…
- Vietnam WarOn the 2nd of September 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This declaration came after years of struggle…
- Second Boer WarIn June 1884, Jan Gerrit Bantjes discovered a massive gold deposit on the Witwatersrand ridge south of Pretoria. This find triggered an influx of thousands…
- Gulf WarThe Gulf War pitted Iraq against a coalition of 42 countries led by the United States. On the 2nd of August 1990, Iraq invaded its small neighbor Kuwait and…
- Malayan EmergencyThe economic disruption of World War II on British Malaya led to widespread unemployment, low wages, and high levels of food price inflation.
- Anglo-Iraqi WarThe Kingdom of Iraq, also known as Mesopotamia, remained under British control through a League of Nations mandate until 1932.
- Korean WarAt 4:40 in the morning on the 25th of June 1950, the Korean People's Army crossed the 38th parallel behind a wall of artillery fire.
- World War IIWorld War II killed between 60 and 75 million people, making it the deadliest conflict in history. Tanks and aircraft reshaped the battlefield, and aircraft…
- World War IWorld War I began with two pistol shots fired in a Sarajevo street on the 28th of June 1914. Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb, had taken his position after…
- War on terrorOn the morning of the 11th of September 2001, nineteen men hijacked four jet airliners, all of them bound for California.